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  • Will Keir Starmer's changes revive Labour?

    Will Keir Starmer's changes revive Labour?
    2025/09/09
    Keir Starmer has kept more or less the same Cabinet but given most of them new jobs. Will it work as Reform UK soars in the polls? Rock & Roll Politics is live in the main concert hall at Kings Place on Thursday September 25th at the end of the Labour Party Conference week! Tickets available here. https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics-6/ My biography of Tony Blair is published this Thursday and is available here. https://www.waterstones.com/book/tony-blair/steve-richards/9781800754409 Subscribe to Patreon for bonus podcasts, the main podcast a day early and ad free… plus special exclusive live events. A bonus podcast is coming soon! https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics Written and presented by Steve Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    51 分
  • Will Starmer's reset make a difference?

    Will Starmer's reset make a difference?
    2025/09/02
    With Labour languishing in the polls, Keir Starmer has reshuffled his top team… yet again. His leadership has been punctuated by changes in senior personnel, so does that tell us more about him or them? My book on Tony Blair is published next Thursday. You can pre-order it here. Rock & Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Thursday September 25th at the end of the Labour Party Conference week! Subscribe to Patreon for bonus podcasts, the main podcast a day early and ad free… plus special exclusive live events. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    52 分
  • Rock & Roll Politics Live at the Edinburgh Festival

    Rock & Roll Politics Live at the Edinburgh Festival
    2025/08/26
    Here’s a recording of the final show at this year’s festival, where there was a different show every day. The final one looked ahead via four political figures, but many other themes and characters were explored over the fourteen shows. It was great seeing so many of the co-operative in Edinburgh! Subscribe to Patreon⁠ for bonus podcasts, the main podcast a day early and ad free… plus special exclusive live events. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • What's been happening at the Edinburgh Festival?

    What's been happening at the Edinburgh Festival?
    2025/08/19
    The run of Rock & Roll Politics shows is in full swing, with host Steve Richards delivering a different show each day. Here's an update for the co-operative on the various themes and the audience predictions, plus questions on the political drama being played out in Wales, and much more. Rock & Roll Politics is live at the Edinburgh Festival right now, with a different show every day. Tickets here. Subscribe to Patreon for live events, bonus podcasts and to get the regular podcast a day early and ad free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 分
  • For all the storms, is Labour heading for a second term?

    For all the storms, is Labour heading for a second term?
    2025/08/12
    The Labour government has endured a traumatic first year on many fronts, but its opponents are in different ways extremely vulnerable. If its opponents cannot win next time Labour will secure a second term, yet the mood music suggests a government in near fatal trouble... Rock & Roll Politics is live at the Edinburgh Festival with a different show each day. Tickets available here. Subscribe to Patreon for bonus podcasts, the main podcast a day early and ad free… plus special exclusive live events. https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics Written and presented by Steve Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 分
  • Is Labour Delivering on Transport?

    Is Labour Delivering on Transport?
    2025/08/05
    In a Question Time Special the Rock N Roll Politics co-operative reflects on the 'pause' of some rail electrification schemes, the degree to which the UK's independent nuclear deterrent is not independent, and what's wrong with digital ID cards? RocknRoll Politics is live at the Edinburgh festival from this Sunday August 10th, with a different show every day. Tickets here. Subscribe to Patreon for live events, bonus podcasts and to get the regular podcast a day early and ad free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 分
  • What does Britain get from 'The Special Relationship' with the US?

    What does Britain get from 'The Special Relationship' with the US?
    2025/07/29
    Keir Starmer drops everything to meet Trump on the President's golfing holiday, but to what end? Post-war Prime Ministers, with two exceptions, assume Britain has a special relationship with the US, only to discover that the US has different views... Some context (our favourite word) for the co-operative! Rock & Roll Politics is live at the Edinburgh Festival from Sunday August 10th. Time to make sense of it all. Tickets available here. Subscribe to Patreon for bonus podcasts, the main podcast a day early and ad free… plus special exclusive live events. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 分
  • Water Privatisation - why is Margaret Thatcher still deified?

    Water Privatisation - why is Margaret Thatcher still deified?
    2025/07/22
    The rushed water privatisation after the 1987 election was one of several calamitous policies launched by Margaret Thatcher –with the consequences still being played out today. Yet Tory leaders, potential leaders, and even their Labour counterparts still pay homage to Thatcher. Why? RocknRoll Politics is live at the Edinburgh festival from Sunday August 10th, with a different show every day. Tickets here. Subscribe to Patreon for live events, bonus podcasts and to get the regular podcast a day early and ad free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 分